5 sample email signatures for retail managers who are job searching

11/30/2015

If you're job searching, there's a very good chance you'll be communicating through email with recruiters, past colleagues, and others in your network. Using a professional email signature will benefit you in three ways:

It will help you make the best possible first impression. Email signatures, if done right, can help give the impression that you're professional, organized, and assertive.
It will quickly tell the reader who you are and what you have to offer, similar to a LinkedIn headline.
It will provide the recipient with links to more information about you, such as social media profiles.

What you may want to include:

Your name.
A headline that summarizes who you are and what you have to offer.
Your contact info - primarily your name and email address. (Some people question the need for the email address since the recipient will have access to it, but it makes it easier. Why make them find it?)
Links to social media profiles or websites that you use for professional purposes.
Perhaps a tagline that you regularly change to tell the recipient something unique about you.

What you don't want to include:

Pictures or graphics of any kind - they don't display properly for everyone, so it's better to stick to text.
Too much information - you don't want to overwhelm the person. It should be quick and easy to read.

Examples:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

JEREMY POTTER
7 years' experience as a big-box store manager with Target
555.555.5555 | jerpotts@email.com | linkedin.com/in/jerpotts | twitter.com/jerpotts

Promoted to higher-volume locations 4 times in the last 7 years!

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sarah Cornfield, Fashion Retail District Manager
555.555.5555 - scornfield@email.com

Connect on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/scornfield

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

JENNIFER MADDOX
Top-performing assistant store manager for The Home Depot
555.555.5555 | info@maddox.com | maddox.com | linkedin.com/in/jmaddox

Awarded "Assistant Store Manager of the Year" in 20XX over 120 other candidates in the region!

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

MAGGIE SUNDSTROM
Regional Manager, Convenience Stores
More than 10 recommendations from c-store executives on LinkedIn

555.555.5555
msundstrom@email.com
linkedin.com/in/msundstrom

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

JOEY BURNS
Senior Store Manager, District Manager Candidate
Ranked in the top 10% nationally on the overall performance scorecard in 20XX

555.555.5555 | jburns@email.com | linkedin.com/in/jburns | twitter.com/jburns

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Hope that helps!